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Claude S. Ayakawa
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From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA
Registered: Aug 2002


 - posted 08-08-2002 02:35 PM      Profile for Claude S. Ayakawa   Author's Homepage   Email Claude S. Ayakawa   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Chris,

HOW ARE YOU? I always think about you everytime I go to Waikiki to see a movie. Are you still working for Pacific Theatres or are you with another company now? All of the Waikiki theatres are still operating and I was very impressed with the crowd that turned out for a "SPIDERMAN" showing the second week of it's run at the Waikiki #2. The theatre was almost half full and that is very unusual. I am planning to see "SIGNS" at the #2 on Sunday and I am not expecting to see too many people. I saw "K-19-THE WIDOWMAKER" at the #3 last Saturday and there must have been only about 50 people during the first show in that 950 seat auditorium. Who ever moved the print from the Waikiki #1 to the #3 must be very absent minded because he or she forgot to remove the SDDS sound trailer and replace it with the DTS because that's what I saw. Although there have been talk of closing the Waikiki Twins and house #3, I heard that Pacific Theatres is interested in keeping the Waikiki IMAX open because some studios are now considering or releasing regular feature films shot or reformatted for that large film format such as "APOLLO 13". The Ward 16 is always busy no matter what's playing there but business at Signature's Dole Cannery is not what it used to be because of the public's preference of the Ward theatres.

-Claude

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Tal Marks
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From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 1999


 - posted 08-09-2002 11:22 AM      Profile for Tal Marks   Author's Homepage   Email Tal Marks   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi. The other day, we ran a full workprint of A13. I believe the runtime was just under 2 hours. There was some cropping that didn't let the image fill the entire top of the screen, but it didn't look bad.
At this IMAX theater (Lincoln Square), we have a reel unit that consists of four 8' platters capable of handling 4 hours of film @ 24fps and 2 hours at 48fps (see pictures in warehouse). IMAX was planning on retro-fitting our smaller reel units to accomodate the film, but decided against it (untill further notice).

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